The Roar boss said his team could have done nothing about a 'wonder goal' from Fabian Barbiero and it just hadn't been their night.

He said: "That's football. Sometimes the better team doesn't win and I thought we were most probably the better side. But we were beaten by a wonder strike, a fantastic strike.

"You can't do much about that. Liam (Reddy) had no chance. But we certainly had our chances. After the goal Adelaide sat back and to their credit they defended well and worked very hard for each other.

"We're disappointed and as I said, sometimes the better team doesn't win.

"It's a bit like the beginning of the season. We didn't take our chances."

Farina said the nucleus of the side would remain in tact with a push for the top two the aim next year.

He said: "If we can keep this squad together it will happen, we'll get to Asia and we'll get to a grand final.

"This side will largely stay intact and obviously be very hungry."

Charlie Miller, who came off the bench against the Reds and almost saved the game for his side, struggled with injury in his first season with the Roar.

Farina said the Scot would return next year and should have a greater impact.

"Charlie will be back for the beginning of the season, there's no doubt.

"He missed a lot of our preseason, he got here in July and we started in April. He'll have a full preseason behind him before we start.

"It was just unfortunate with the double hernia because Charlie was flying then - I think he would've won player of the year if he'd continued on," he said.

Queensland will also look to strengthen their already competitive squad by enlisting some new talent over the winter.

Farina said: "We will recruit, obviously you've got to look at recruiting, we'll lose a few players but the nucleus of the side will stay on.

"We'll try and strengthen positions, young Tahj Minniecon is leaving but I think we certainly need another defender for next year because we'll have Luke DeVere away quite a bit with the (Under) 20s, Josh McCloughan we've got to see how he comes back from his injury, and we'll certainly be looking at another centre half and possibly another attacking player.

"Elsewhere on the park I think we are pretty right, we've got a good mix, we are not losing players that we desperately wanted to keep; Tahj was probably the only one."